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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Chrysobothrini » Chrysobothris

Genus Chrysobothris

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Chrysobothris cribraria Chrysobothris exesa Black and gray metallic beetle with gold highlights - Chrysobothris Buprestid - Chrysobothris - female Chrysobothris lateralis - male Six-spotted Jewel Beetle - Chrysobothris sexsignata * more northeasterly range extension - Chrysobothris pseudacutipennis Buprestid Beetle - Chrysobothris mali
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Buprestoidea
Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Subfamily Buprestinae
Tribe Chrysobothrini
Genus Chrysobothris
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1) (~20 spp. added since); femorata species-group revised in (2)
Explanation of Names
Chrysobothris Eschscholtz 1829
'golden-pitted'
Numbers
>130 spp. in our area (>30 reach Canada; almost 70 in CA)(3)(4)(5), >680 total(6)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(7)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the tribe Chrysobothrini
Fisher W.S. 1942. USDA Miscellaneous Publication 470: 1-275.
2.A revision of the Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) species group from North America, north of Mexico (Col.: Buprestidae)
Wellso S.G., Manley G.V. 2007. Zootaxa 1652: 1-26.
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
4.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
5.California Beetle Project
6.Catalogue of Life
7.Bellamy C.L. (2013) The world of jewel beetles: A checklist of world Buprestoidea
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 15 March, 2005 - 8:22am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 July, 2024 - 4:35pm

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